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obama is nominating two other top fundraisers to serve as messengers. robert barber is his pick for ambassador to iceland. regulators in japan have given final approval to move more than 1500 fuel rods from a cooling pool at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the process is set to begin next month but the nuclear regulatory chair has warned of a potential disaster if the fuel rods are damaged or break in the removal process. antinuclear activist harvey wasserman says -- a group of protesters gathered outside of barneys department store here in new york city wednesday to condemn the retailer's alleged reform -- racial profiling. new york attorney general eric schneiderman has launched a probe after african-american customers said employees alerted police after making a racially biased assumption that the shoppers could not afford their purchases. especially as a teenager, when i walk into a store like barneys, there is a lot of attention on the because i am a black african-american teenager. therefore i feel like i should stand up for myself. looking a
obama is nominating two other top fundraisers to serve as messengers. robert barber is his pick for ambassador to iceland. regulators in japan have given final approval to move more than 1500 fuel rods from a cooling pool at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the process is set to begin next month but the nuclear regulatory chair has warned of a potential disaster if the fuel rods are damaged or break in the removal process. antinuclear activist harvey wasserman says -- a group of protesters...
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and obama care stalled at the starting gate. supporters gaped at the wreckage of their best-laid plans, opponents gloated, and republicans, of course, called hearings, which any opposition party would have done. but you must note the irony here. the party that had thrown roadblock after roadblock wherever they could and had just shut the government down to stop health care reform now loudly complained that government wasn't working and people couldn't get, you guessed it, health care reform. >> apologize. apologize. an apology. >> okay, representative mckinley, you got it. but wouldn't a little humility would be in order here? democracy is imperfect, and we need to work with what we've got. and what we've got is the affordable care act. we also need to remember that, at the outset, big ventures often go awry. not just in the public sector. remember when apple introduced the iphone 4 in june of 2010? >> we're having a little problem here. >> steve jobs couldn't get it to connect to the internet. embarrassing, but they worked it o
and obama care stalled at the starting gate. supporters gaped at the wreckage of their best-laid plans, opponents gloated, and republicans, of course, called hearings, which any opposition party would have done. but you must note the irony here. the party that had thrown roadblock after roadblock wherever they could and had just shut the government down to stop health care reform now loudly complained that government wasn't working and people couldn't get, you guessed it, health care reform....
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. >> there are two things they are accusing the obama administration of doing. one of violating pac pakistani sovereignty by launching a military attack on pakistani soil without islamabad's permission. and the other thing islamabad is accusing them of doing is skuttling an effort to broker peace talks about the pakistani taliban. therthey are arguing that with e death that basically that everything is lameverything islg to achieve is back at square one. the pack ta pakistani citizens g to be suffering from the attacks within their borders. >>> vandait's widely assumed the pakistani government has been cooperating first with the bush administration and now with the obama administration. it's been the obama administration h that has increased the frequency of these attacks some would argue out of a sense that the pakistanis have not been doing enough to crack down on taliban and al qaeda sacactivitywithin it's borders. there was recently a front page story in the "washington post" that outlined in detail, not just how much access the pakistani government was givi
. >> there are two things they are accusing the obama administration of doing. one of violating pac pakistani sovereignty by launching a military attack on pakistani soil without islamabad's permission. and the other thing islamabad is accusing them of doing is skuttling an effort to broker peace talks about the pakistani taliban. therthey are arguing that with e death that basically that everything is lameverything islg to achieve is back at square one. the pack ta pakistani citizens g...
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at the end of the meeting barack obama said the u.s. was committed to helping iraq fight al qaeda, but did not give specifics. >> throughout the discussion, the main theme was that the united states wants to be a strong and effective partner with iraq. >> we had a common vision about all issues discussed when it comes to diagnosing the return of terrorism to the middle east. we talked about ways of counting terrorism and had similar positions and ideas. >> the obama administration wanted concrete promises from iraq's prime minister that he'd change the way he's governing, making it more inclusive, leading to the election. they said it was the goal. they didn't outline what, if anything, they have agreed to. >> gunmen kidnapped two german citizens in the eastern bekaa valley. the national newsagency said the kidnappers are demanding a ransom for their release. it's not known where they are being held. >> a papular sat earical show has been pulled from the air. it was pulled minutes before air. last week prosecutors began investigating yo
at the end of the meeting barack obama said the u.s. was committed to helping iraq fight al qaeda, but did not give specifics. >> throughout the discussion, the main theme was that the united states wants to be a strong and effective partner with iraq. >> we had a common vision about all issues discussed when it comes to diagnosing the return of terrorism to the middle east. we talked about ways of counting terrorism and had similar positions and ideas. >> the obama...
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at the end of the meeting president obama said that the u.s. was committed to helping iraq fight al qaeda, but did not give specifics. >> throughout this discussion the main theme was that the united states wants to be a strong and effective partner with iraq. >> translation: we had a common vision about all issues we discussed, when diagnosing the return of terrorism to the middle east. we talked about ways to counterterrorism and we had similar positions and ideas. >> the obama administration wanted concrete promises from iraq's prime minister that he would change the way he governed in iraq, making it an inclusive prospect leading to the election. they said that was the goal, but didn't out line what, if anything, they agreed to. >> in yemen the organization drafting the constitution said it would ban child marriages, we have that report from the capital. outlawing the practice will not be easy. >> when nora was 11 years old, she was forced to marry a man who was 35. she suffered years of physical and psychological abuse. today he is a leadi
at the end of the meeting president obama said that the u.s. was committed to helping iraq fight al qaeda, but did not give specifics. >> throughout this discussion the main theme was that the united states wants to be a strong and effective partner with iraq. >> translation: we had a common vision about all issues we discussed, when diagnosing the return of terrorism to the middle east. we talked about ways to counterterrorism and we had similar positions and ideas. >> the...
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obama said there should be a new election law and iraqi. what should that be? >> there is a dispute right now and primee kurds minister nouri al-maliki and people in parliament over whether he should have elections by in the visual province, with winner take all per province, or country wide. so if kurds have 19% countrywide, they will have 20% of the seats in parliament. that is a struggle. >> even if the prime minister invited more sunnis into the government, would that be taken seriously? >> i think so. the sunnis are split on whether to work with nouri al-maliki, joint out, or whether to extremist factions like al qaeda. the more he does and the more the parliament does and the more the shia and kurds due to bring in the sunni minority, what we have seen in the past is the more they will stand up against the terrorist. >> when you look at the enormous cost to the u.s., you know that better than anyone in terms of dollars, in terms of the region, in terms of u.s. lives, iraqi , is it similar to the 2003 invasion? >> i get this question a lot and i have a har
obama said there should be a new election law and iraqi. what should that be? >> there is a dispute right now and primee kurds minister nouri al-maliki and people in parliament over whether he should have elections by in the visual province, with winner take all per province, or country wide. so if kurds have 19% countrywide, they will have 20% of the seats in parliament. that is a struggle. >> even if the prime minister invited more sunnis into the government, would that be taken...
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obama said there should be a new election law and iraqi. what should that be? >> there is a dispute right now and primee kurds minister nouri al-maliki and people in parliament over whether he should have elections by in the visual province, with winner take all per province, or country wide. so if kurds have 19% countrywide, they will have 20% of the seats in parliament. that is a struggle. >> even if the prime minister invited more sunnis into the government, would that be taken seriously? >> i think so. the sunnis are split on whether to work with nouri al-maliki, joint out, or whether to extremist factions like al qaeda. the more he does and the more the parliament does and the more the shia and kurds due to bring in the sunni minority, what we have seen in the past is the more they will stand up against the terrorist. >> when you look at the enormous cost to the u.s., you know that better than anyone in terms of dollars, in terms of the region, in terms of u.s. lives, iraqi , is it similar to the 2003 invasion? >> i get this question a lot and i have a har
obama said there should be a new election law and iraqi. what should that be? >> there is a dispute right now and primee kurds minister nouri al-maliki and people in parliament over whether he should have elections by in the visual province, with winner take all per province, or country wide. so if kurds have 19% countrywide, they will have 20% of the seats in parliament. that is a struggle. >> even if the prime minister invited more sunnis into the government, would that be taken...
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president barack obama orders a review of his country's spying program. troops in the philippines accused at shotting at hostages last month and say they were caught the cross fire. >> translator: it became very dark all of the sudden and i later heard my grandmother was blown to pieces. >> reporter: surviving a drone strike a pakistan family go to u.s. to tell their story hoping to put pressure on the government. >> and i'll be reporting on how swarms of locusts have eaten crops across 70% of madagascar and a new plan to kill them. ♪ so barack obama ordered a review of national security agency intelligence operations saying more constraints are needed. the u.s. spying program has come under fierce criticism overall gagss of nsa had been monitoring millions of citizens and heads of state around the world and we have more. >> reporter: the u.s. government practice of listening in on the phone calls of leaders of allied countries could be about to end. in an interview president barack obama says that national security operations generally have one purpose
president barack obama orders a review of his country's spying program. troops in the philippines accused at shotting at hostages last month and say they were caught the cross fire. >> translator: it became very dark all of the sudden and i later heard my grandmother was blown to pieces. >> reporter: surviving a drone strike a pakistan family go to u.s. to tell their story hoping to put pressure on the government. >> and i'll be reporting on how swarms of locusts have eaten...
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only a week back and he had spoken to president obama taking him into print for the regarding the dialogue process and it also made a request for the drone attacks to stop because with america taliban pakistan had made it a precondition that the drone attacks must come to an end before they come to the dialogue table. but instead of the drone attacks being stopped they continued and moreover they have targeted. the question exactly which you ask is it justified no i don't think it is justified because how we are big a criminal it is the united states does not have the right to be judge jury and executor all rolled into one without any authority but why on earth would the us want to sabotage any chance of peace. well there are in number of theories running around one of them is it karzai has raised the fear that the americans do not want to have a kate afghanistan in twenty fourteen they're only going to commence a process and instead they want to rid retain something like twenty thousand troops right up to twenty twenty four and it appears that everyone else is on board as far as the ameri
only a week back and he had spoken to president obama taking him into print for the regarding the dialogue process and it also made a request for the drone attacks to stop because with america taliban pakistan had made it a precondition that the drone attacks must come to an end before they come to the dialogue table. but instead of the drone attacks being stopped they continued and moreover they have targeted. the question exactly which you ask is it justified no i don't think it is justified...
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and the only reason it is that stepped it is because the president united states obama. to occur otherwise it could not occur. syria may now have destroyed all of its equipment used to produce toxic weapons but the job is just beginning this is the first time a nation has gone through a process of chemical disarmament during a time of war and as reports from damascus that makes the task far from straightforward. dangerous and dirty that's how the nobel prize committee described the work of chemical weapons inspectors inside syria not to mention a brutally tight deadline october twenty five damascus provides a detailed plan of its chemical weapons stockpiles done october twenty seven foreign inspectors visited all declared sites missed and by today syria finishes destroying all equipment used in the production and mixing of poison gas and nerve agents done yesterday we eliminate. whatever we can but you know this is a very complicated the process complications fueled by so-called security concerns and that's the reason why one deadline already has been missed one of the b
and the only reason it is that stepped it is because the president united states obama. to occur otherwise it could not occur. syria may now have destroyed all of its equipment used to produce toxic weapons but the job is just beginning this is the first time a nation has gone through a process of chemical disarmament during a time of war and as reports from damascus that makes the task far from straightforward. dangerous and dirty that's how the nobel prize committee described the work of...
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it's been the obama administration that has increased the frequency of the attacks. some argue out of a sense that the pakistanis have not done enough to crackdown on taliban and al qaeda activities in its border. there was a front page story in the "the washington post" outlining the detail not just how much access the pakistan government was tacitly giving to washington, but the pakistanis were getting top-level intelligence briefings about the targets and strategies used when launching the attacks. >> pakistani citizens don't like the attacks. it's not surprising you see an objection from the highest levels in the islamabad government because they have to basically find a way to placate their citizens. >> if it's killing a person who terror iffed so many pakistanis, why the call for accountability. >> you have to remember nawaz sharif who used to be the prime minister was re-elected as the prime minister. he's not been on the job for six months. it's essential for him staying in power to say to pakistani citizens - i hear your concerns and fears, and i'm trying to
it's been the obama administration that has increased the frequency of the attacks. some argue out of a sense that the pakistanis have not done enough to crackdown on taliban and al qaeda activities in its border. there was a front page story in the "the washington post" outlining the detail not just how much access the pakistan government was tacitly giving to washington, but the pakistanis were getting top-level intelligence briefings about the targets and strategies used when...
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mitt romney attacking president obama over health care. why the former presidential candidate jumped into the debate. >> a special look at aging around the globe, starting in afghanistan, where life expectancy is among the lowest in the world. >> we're taking a live look at egypt right now. the protests there, you can see breaking up very quickly, just an hour ago. we saw hundreds of people outside of the courthouse where mohamed morsi's trial has just been adjourned to the new year. we'll be right back. >> good morning. welcome back to aljazeera america. >> some democrats in washington are worried they're going to lose jobs over the ongoing n.s.a. scandal. we'll talk with an experienced democratic strategist. >> let's get a look at what temperatures we can expect to see across the nation. i'm he can specking a lot of low temperatures. >> a lot of low temperatures. it's chilly out there this morning. these are not actual temperatures, but this is what it feels like when you think about the wind pushing out of the north and west and the coo
mitt romney attacking president obama over health care. why the former presidential candidate jumped into the debate. >> a special look at aging around the globe, starting in afghanistan, where life expectancy is among the lowest in the world. >> we're taking a live look at egypt right now. the protests there, you can see breaking up very quickly, just an hour ago. we saw hundreds of people outside of the courthouse where mohamed morsi's trial has just been adjourned to the new...